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University of Miami quarterback Ryan Williams , who tore his ACL in the Hurricanes' scrimmage on Friday night, underwent surgery Wednesday morning according to a statement released by the school. The statement went on to say that Williams, a former Miramar standout and a fifth-year player at Miami, has already begun the rehabilitation process. The surgery was performed by Miami's Dr. Lee Kaplan . At Miami's practice on Tuesday - its first since Williams injured his knee - Hurricanes coach Al Golden said there's no timetable for Williams' return.

Days after Ryan Williams learned he'd torn his ACL, his family says the Miami quarterback is already eyeing his return to football and he intends to be on campus Thursday to begin working his way back. Williams, the former Miramar High star widely expected to be the Hurricanes starter this fall, underwent a 90-minute surgery Wednesday morning to repair his injured right knee. His parents, Jayne and Rich Williams, said doctors told them the procedure went well and that slight damage to the quarterback's meniscus will heal on its own. "I met with [Dr. Lee Kaplan]

When the Hurricanes return to the practice field on Tuesday morning, they'll do so without quarterback Ryan Williams , who tore his ACL in Miami's scrimmage on Friday night. During an appearance on WQAM 560's “Hurricane Hotline” on Monday, Miami coach Al Golden said the former Miramar star will likely have surgery on Wednesday to repair his injured knee. There's no set timetable for his return, but this weekend, a source with direct knowledge of the injury told the Sun Sentinel that Williams could be sidelined for six months.

The love of the game is an overused phrase often thrown around in locker rooms by professional athletes, but it seems hockey players truly mean it. Just look to Panthers captain Ed Jovanovski as Exhibit A. With 18 NHL seasons under his belt and nearly $70 million in the bank, the 37-year-old defenseman played just six games last year because of an arthritically damaged hip. He flew to Germany last March for advanced Platelet Rich Plasma injections...

The wife of former Miami Hurricanes and Buffalo Bills star quarterback Jim Kelly took to Facebook to announce that a surgery to treat Kelly's cancer that had been scheduled for Thursday has been called off. Wrote Jill Kelly: "At this point and time surgery is not the best option for Jim. Because of complexity and aggressive nature of this cancer and after more scans and tests, the plan has changed. At this point, Jim will not be having surgery. The cancer is in areas that surgery cannot successfully eradicate.

For a 7-year-old Jordanian boy, the diplomatic row between Jordan and Israel over the killing of a Jordanian judge was a background story — "Y" was receiving new life at the hands of Israeli doctors at Rambam Health Care Campus. Suffering from acute kidney failure, 7-year-old "Y" needed a new kidney to survive. When the Jordanian boy's parents learned that Rambam Health Care Campus had begun performing pediatric transplants — a procedure not available in Jordan — they contacted the hospital: "Please help us by doing a kidney transplantation on our son," they asked the Haifa-based hospital.

Dr. Charles V. Toman, a Boca Raton native who went to St. Joan of Arc School and graduated from Atlantic High School, has just returned to Boca Raton and relocated his practice in December as a board certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon. What made you come back? I always wanted to come back to Boca. I grew up just west of Boca Raton Regional Hospital and both my parents were physical therapists there; my mother, Matilda Toman, still works there. I want to help the hospital build an orthopedic presence.

When were you first diagnosed with heart disease? I was working and flying at the Boca Raton airport. I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot. During my physical, I first found out my aortic valve had a murmur. At the age of 30, I was told within 10 to 12 years I would need an aortic valve replacement. I had always felt that with good exercise and proper diet, I could beat this predicted surgery. During the last 12 years, I studied my condition knowing my day would come when time would run out. It wasn't until I met Dr. Nicolas Brozzi at Cleveland Clinic Florida that I felt the confidence and professional approach I was looking for. Dr. Brozzi actually laid out his strategies and how he planned to approach the surgery.

Two unlicensed cosmetic surgeons who left a woman permanently disfigured led to an investigation that landed four people in jail, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office news release. The woman told state Department of Health officials she went to Health & Beauty Cosmetic Surgery in West Palm Beach and didn't realize Juan Carlos Pinzon, 43, and Jorge Alarcon, 66, weren't licensed until after they performed cosmetic surgery on her twice. A website for the surgery center, at 307 Evernia St., Suite 200, lists both men as surgical assistants, a position that has no licensing, recognition or regulation in the state of Florida, according to the release.